What is a dead beat parent?

A "deadbeat parent" is a parent who neglects their responsibilities, especially failing to pay court-ordered child support or maintain contact with their children. Key characteristics are the willful refusal to provide financial support or emotional involvement.

What is domestic violence?

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, psychological, or technological actions or threats of actions or other patterns of coercive behavior that influence another person within an intimate partner relationship. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone.

What is legal abuse?

Legal abuse is also called legal bullying. It happens when someone uses the law or legal threats to scare and control you. Legal abuse can be a form of domestic and family violence.